Joshua Boschee

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Josh Boschee

|image = Joshua Boschee 2018.jpg

|state_senate = North Dakota

|district = 44th

|term_start = December 1, 2024

|term_end =

|predecessor = Merrill Piepkorn

|successor =

|office1 = Minority Leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives

|term_start1 = December 3, 2018

|term_end1 = April 30, 2023

|predecessor1 = Corey Mock

|successor1 = Zac Ista

|state_house2 = North Dakota

|district2 = 44th

|term_start2 = December 1, 2012

|term_end2 = December 1, 2024

|predecessor2 = Don Clark

|successor2 = Austin Foss

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|24}}

|birth_place = Minot, North Dakota, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|education = North Dakota State University (BA, MEd)

}}

Joshua A. Boschee is an American politician, who was elected to the North Dakota Senate in 2024. He was previously elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the 2012 state elections. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented the 44th District in the legislature, serving alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.[http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/20025572/nd-elects-first-openly-gay-state-representative "ND Elects First Openly Gay State Legislator"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110062416/http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/20025572/nd-elects-first-openly-gay-state-representative |date=2012-11-10 }}. Valley News Live, November 7, 2012.

He is the first openly gay candidate ever elected to the state legislature in North Dakota. His campaign was opposed by a series of attack ads alleging that he was promoting a "gay agenda," which were revealed to have been funded by Virginia politician and anti-LGBT activist Eugene Delgaudio through his group Public Advocate of the United States.[http://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2012/11/06/check-here-updates-lgbt-races-watch?page=0,19 "Election Results: LGBT Races to Watch"]. The Advocate, November 6, 2012.

Originally from Minot, Boschee currently resides in Fargo, and was an employee of Minnesota State University Moorhead at the time of his election.